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Definition of Perameles

Perameles
Perameles Per`a*me"les, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a pouch + L. meles a badger.] (Zo["o]l.) Any marsupial of the genus Perameles, which includes numerous species found in Australia. They somewhat resemble rabbits in size and form. See Illust. under Bandicoot.

Meaning of Perameles from wikipedia

- Perameles is a genus of marsupials of the order Peramelemorphia. They are referred to as long-nosed bandicoots or barred bandicoots. Perameles, or ‘pouched...
- The long-nosed bandicoot (Perameles nasuta), a marsupial, is a species of bandicoot found in eastern Australia, from north Queensland along the east coast...
- relatives are the western barred bandicoot (Perameles bougainville) and the long-nosed bandicoot (Perameles nasuta). It is also closely related to the...
- The desert bandicoot (Perameles eremiana) is an extinct bandicoot of the arid country in the centre of Australia. The description by Walter Baldwin Spencer...
- in age. The tooth was similar to that of species of Perameles, and was therefore named Perameles allinghamensis. In 1995, the first Miocene species was...
- bandicoot, Perameles nasuta Southern barred bandicoot, Perameles notina† (extinct) Ooldea barred bandicoot, Perameles papillon)† (extinct) Perameles allinghamensis†...
- The Western barred bandicoot (Perameles bougainville), also known as the Shark Bay bandicoot or the Marl, is a small species of bandicoot; now extinct...
- The Nullarbor barred bandicoot (Perameles papillon) is an extinct species of bandicoot that was native to the arid Nullarbor Plain in southern Australia...
- (1841). "Beschreibung einer neuen Art von Bandikuts, Perameles myosurus, nebts Bemerkungen iiber Perameles obesula". Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 7: 293....
- specimen, the earliest known fossil species of the family were Perameles bowensis and Perameles allinghamensis, both found in Pliocene deposits of Eastern...